On May 15-16, 1963, he piloted the "Faith 7" spacecraft on a 22-orbit mission which concluded the operational phase of Project Mercury. Cooper served as command pilot of the 8-day 120-revolution Gemini 5 mission which began on August 21, 1965. He retired from the Air Force and NASA in 1970. Also famous for his letter about aliens visiting Eartth, to the United-Nations in 1978.
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Cooper
http://www.jsc.nasa.gov/Bios/htmlbios/cooper-lg.html
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